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Yet, yer yoot is *all but invisible! 
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Dear Faldage: I had not learned to read 750 years ago.
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Dear Bill - don't feel upset by this: nor had many other people at that time. The cost of handwritten books was partly the cause (there is an economic reason for everything in history  )
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(there is an economic reason for everything in history )
CapK would agree with you on this one, Rhuby.
The cost of handwritten books was partly the cause
This is what I learned from the presenter who demonstrated the model of the Gutenberg press--that the sudden low cost of books led to the spread of literacy.
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" (there is an economic reason for everything in history )"
When Adam delved, and Eve span, Where then was Alan Greenspan?
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When Adam delved, and Eve span, Where then was Alan Greenspan?
Good one Dr. Bill!
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black death (the plague) helped too, lots of people died, and all their old clothes became rags--
not only did printing get easier, paper (new rag paper, an invention brought back from arabia (muslims) by the returning crusaders) was suddenly cheap too!
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